The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells people infected with monkeypox not to have sex with others But in cases where the urge arises it has issued a bizarre list of the dos and donts This included masturbating at least six feet away from your partner to avoid catching the disease from each other Keeping clothes on, or dry humping, was also recommended as well as ensuring any infectious lesions or rashes were covered People typically catch monkeypox by touching infectious skin lesions But it can also spread in the air through 'sustained' face-to-face contact